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Patented Nov. 17, 1925.

UNITD STATES *PATENT OFFICE.

LUCIEN AmsTIDE JEAN JosnPH REY AND FRANoIs vieron ANDR JOSEPH REY, orRoQUEFoRfr-sUR-soULzom FRANCE.

CHEESE-SLICING l MIACI-IINJEE.

Application filed March c, 192s. seri-.11 No. 623,677.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, LUornN ARIsTIDE JEAN JOSEPH REY, a citizen of theRepublic of France,and a resident of Roquefort-sur- Soulzon, France, andFRaNgois 4VICTOR ANDR Joserrr REY, a citizen of the Republic ofFranee,and a resident vof Roquefortsur-Soulzon, France, have `inventednew and useful Improvements in Cheese-Slicing Machines, whichimprovements are fully set forth in the following specification.

Our invention relates to certain improve ments in cheese slicingmachines, and more especially in machines of the type whichis thesubject matter of the French Rey Patent No. 516,023 issued on the 26thday of May 1920.

In order to make ourl improvements more clearly understood we propose togive a full description of the complete machine embodying theimprovements, and we have appended hereto 4drawings illustrating as anexample, a method of practical construction of' the improved machine.

In the said drawings: y y

Figure 1 is a plan View of our machine.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the same with partbroken oft to disclose theinside mechafnism.

Figure 3 is a. second elevation thereof, showing certain stop deviceswhich are not represented by Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a view of the mountinglof the wire that serves to slice thecheese vertically. y

Figures 5 and 6 are respectively an elevation an-d a plan of the wirethat serves to slice the cheese horizontally.

Figures 7 and 8 are plan and sectional views of' the socket carrying thesaid mounting.

Figure 9 is a plan view of a shovel designed to receive the cut slice ofcheese.

Figure 10 is an elevation of the movable shutter limiting the shiftingof the cheese when a slice has to be cut. y

Figure 11 shows in plan a second `mov able shovelmfserving to handle thecheese.

Figures 12, 13 `and 14 illustrate various steps in the handling of thecheese by means et the said second movable shovel.

Figure 15 is a perspective View ef a com# plete machine showing themodified form of guide shutter.

In all the drawings and figures, the same references denote the sameparts.

As shown, the machine comprises a plate a to which is secured by meansof screws b, or any other suitable device, a stud c sup porting a slide.the slide and runs along the whole -diameter of the plate. Into thisslot Z and in the slide can be introduced a rod of suitable section ewhich carries at one of its ends a handle e on which support f ismounted. Between support f and rod c is stretched a steel wire g, hookedat g or at g to notches on rod e.

O n plate e, is provided a groove la, which,

as shown by Figure 1, extends around about half a circumference, from c'to Said groove It, which is of substantial width, receives a conveyor Itmounted on a rod 7c linked to a. lever Z, which, by means of a cap Z isadapted to pivot round a ring or 'I5 collar fitted on stud c, suchcollar being rotatable round said stud.

For using the machine, rod e-is first introduced into slot l and, afterplacing the cheese on plate a, rod e is pulled so as to cut the cheeseinto equal parts by means of steel wire g. The part of the cheese on theright hand side (Figure 1) is then re moved. The receiving shovel shownby Figures 9 and 10 is next positioned on plate 85 a, so that part m mcoincides with the diameter of theplate ci above slot d.

The shovel is fitted with a handle o for carrying about. On said shovelis provided a slot o in which is fitted a tenon 29 having 90 to theangle formed by the sides of the por- 10U tions sliced from the cheese.The partition having-been set accordingly, action on handle Z liftslever Z and thereby sector h", thus releasing the cheesefroin the topof' plate e.

A slot l corresponds to 00 The Sector z. s then revolved until theforeedge of the Roquefort cheeses half comes against partition g. Sectorit is then free to return to the groove provided in the plate to receiveit; it is brought back by shifting it within the groove, so as not todrag the cheese back with this return movement. Ac-

tion on handle e of rod e causes the piece of cheese to the right ofslot CZ to be cut, and the piece so cut ofi1 is removable from plate aby means of the movable shovel operated by means of handle 0.

The operation can thus be repeated until the piece of cheese has beenentirely sliced, care being taken to bring after each cut, rod e to theproper position for effecting another cut.

When, after the cheese has been severed into two equal parts, the righthalf of the cheese is to be removed in order to permit slicing of theleft half, the removal may be made by hand. But when, later on, theremoved half is desired to be sliced, it has to be put back on the lefthand side part of plate al.

These two operations, that is to say, rcmoval of the right half of thecheese and replacing the same on the left part of the plate, can also beeffected by means of the shovel shown by Figures 1l, l2, 13 and 14,which permits the cheese to be manuvered untouched by hand or fingers.

Said movable cheese-manoeuvering shovel is made up of two half-disks Aand B jointed at their center by an articulation C, disk B being adaptedto pivot so as to come over disk A as shown by Figure l2. I-Ialfdisk Ais provided with a handle D. Halfdisk B is provided with two knobs orcleats E and F permitting a grip to be obtained for revolving it. f

Manceuvering of the cheese by means of the said shovel is effected asfollows:

The cheese form is placed entire, previous to any cutting, on thc shovelfolded as shown by Figure 12, and the whole is carried to the plate ofthe machine, disks -A and B being' superimposed .on the right hand sidepart of the said machine plate.

At this time, one half of the cheese rests on the left hand side part ofthe machine and the other half on the folded shovel.

After severing the cheese in two, as hereinbefore described, the shovelhas but to be lifted 0H to remove from the plate the right hand sidehalf of the cheese, without the latter having to be fingered (Figure13).

The part of the cheese that remains on the machine is then sliced ofi asdescribed at the beginning of this specification.

In lorder to slice oft in the same manner the removed part of thecheese, it is brought back to the machine by means of the shovel.

The shovel and the cheese being arranged as illustrated by Figure 13,half-disk B carrying the half of the cheese remaining to be sliced isrevolved, so as to position the whole as shown by Figure 14.

One has then but to carry the whole on to the plate of the machine(half-disk A on the right hand side of the plate) and to hold the cheeseby means of the mobile shutter and. to withdraw towards the right theshovel by sliding it along the plate, of the machine, in order to havethe half-cheese on the left-hand part of the machine plate, ready forslicing.

The two knobs or cleats E and F, integral with half disk B, permit thelatter to be readily rotated in the course of the above describedoperations.

In order to avoid during slicing any shifting of' the piece of cheese, Imount on the periphery of plate a a guide t (Figure 3) against which thecheese bears, and this guide thus prevents any shifting et the cheeseduring slicing.

Said guide-shutter 15 must be of suitable height to hold the cheesewhile the lat-ter being cut vertically.

But when horizontal cutting is desired to be effectuated as hereinafterexplained, the saidguideshutter might prevent the passage of thehorizontal cut-ter, while the latter is being rotated in a horizontalplane parallel to plate a.

For horizontal cutting, guide-shutter t has therefore to be replaced bya guide shutter of suitable height, lower than the height of theguide-shutter used for vertical cutting'.

IVe may, however, use a special guided shutter (Fig. l5) permanentlysecured to the plate of the machine, such constructed in two parts: onepart v51 of suitable height for horizontal cutting, and permanentlysecured to the plate of the machine, and a second part t2, adapted to besecured to the first by means of a screw pin 253, so that the two partstogether form a guide shutter of suitable height for vertical cutting.

The said two parts t1, t2 constituting the guide-slnitter may be readilyassembled to gether, in any suitable manner, the part t1 being providedwith a groove engaging a rib formed ou the part t2, or equivalent meansbeing provided.

In order to slice the cheese horizontally, we use a cutter constitutedby a supporting crutch, from which a steel wire is stretched,

such cutter pivoting in a socket secured to the plate of the machine, sothat the cutterwire moves in a plane parallel to plate a of the machineand thus slices the cheese on that plane.

The height of this plane above the plate of the machine may be varied asdesired by raising or lowering the supporting crutch by means of a bolt,screwing into the socket secured to the plate and constituting thebottom thereof.`

The cutter,'as shown by Figures 5 and 6, is composed of a rod 1, one ofthe ends of which is fitted with an operating handle 2 and the other endwith overhanging part 3, cylindrically shaped, engages in a socketcarried by the plate of the machine.

The cutter-wire 1l is stretched between the crutch and the handle bymeans of a hook 5 on the one hand and of a stretching de vice 6 on theother hand.

Wire et may be in the plane formed by parts l and 3 or, preferably, beat an angle to this plane as shown by Figure 6. It must however beparallel to part l', so as to slice the cheese horizontally.

The support of the cutter is constituted by a cylindrical socket 7provided with a tongue 8 perforated with an eyelet E). Said tongue andeyelet serve to secure by means of a bolt the socket 7 to the plate ofthe apparatus at a point of the latters periphery. Into the threadedlower end 10 of the socket screws a bolt l1 provided with a milled head.

Socket 7 being secured to the plate of the machine, the end 3 of thecutter has but to be introduced into it to slice the cheesehorizontally, said end 3 bearing against end 12 of the bolt. The cuttercan then freely rotate in its socket, wire 4 slicing the cheese in ahorizontal plane parallel to the plate of the machine. Y

By screwing more or less bolt 11, the height of the cutter wire 4 abovethe plate can be adjusted. Said height would be on an average about 135-inch for the 'size of the herein described parts` obviously, however, itcan be varied according to the size of the cheese to be sliced.

It must be clearly understood that the above description is meant merelyas an example of the improved machine and that many constructionalmodifications may be made thereto Withoutdeparting from the scope of theinvention.

The same remark applies to the several parts serving to handle and toslice the cheese.

Moreover, the machine considered here as chiefly intended for slicingRoquefort cheese, can be used for slicing any cheese; the size of theplate as well as the various parts having, of course, to be adapted tothe size and shape of the cheese to be sliced.

Machines can also be made within the scope of this invention, to slicethe cheese horizontally only by means of the afore described cutterpivoting in a socket, and such machines would not include any device forvertical slicing.

l/Vhat we claim is:

A machine for slicing cheese vertically and horizontally comprising: ahorizontal plate with a diametrical slot therein, a cutting membermounted in the slot, a cheese conveying member mounted in the plate, asteel wire carried on the cutting member to slice the cheese verticallyand moving in the diametrical slot of the plate; a movable shovel withan adjustable shutter to receive and carry away the cut cheese slices; asocket secured at the periphery of the plate, an adjusting screw or boltin the socket, a supporting member pivoted in the socket, a wiresupported on the said member for horizontal cutting; and aguide-shutter, made of two parts serving to hold the cheese duringvertical and horizontal slicing.

In testimony whereot` we have signed this specification.

LUClEN ARlSTlDE JEAN JOSEPH REY. FRANCOIS VICTOR ANDR JOSEPH REY.

